200-gallon fuel spill contained

Nov. 28, 2012

Written by

Armando Cordoba
Pacific Daily News

About 200 gallons of high sulfur fuel oil for the island's power plants spilled at a pier and into the water at the Port Authority of Guam yesterday morning, according to port and fuel company officials.

The spill happened between 3 and 4 a.m. after a hose burst while the tanker Nordrose was discharging 236,000 barrels of oil for the Guam Power Authority. In response to the spill, Tristar, which runs fuel terminal facilities at the port, took measures to contain the oil in the water so it would not spread any farther than the F1 pier.